MLB to allow pitchers, catchers to use anti-sign-stealing technology during regular season, sources say

According to industry sources, pitchers and catchers will be able to use new signaling devices in the upcoming season.

Major League Baseball has been plagued by sign-stealing scandals in the last decade, but this technology could help the sport.

MLB is expected to give teams the go-ahead to deploy what is referred to within the industry as PitchCom. A catcher can use a pad with buttons on the wrist of the gloved hand to signal pitches, with the suggested selection directly to the pitcher through a listening device.

Up to three teammates of the pitcher and catcher will also have access to the signals.

The first reviews of the PitchCom system this spring have been positive, with players rave about how the electronic process of pitch-signaling has been seamless, helping with the flow of the pitchers actions on the mound.

The New York Yankees had a pitcher and catcher use PitchCom.

When we started using it, it was really good, and I was a little doubtful at the beginning, but I think it was great. I would like to use it in my first start. You know what you are going to throw.

The traditional method of signaling will continue to be used by both pitchers and catchers.

As players get more familiar with the technology, it is likely that it will be used more in the sport.

There have been cases of sign-stealing through the years, but pitchers and catchers have been concerned about it for a long time.

In one of the most notorious chapters in baseball history, the Houston Astros were determined to have used a sign-stealing system designed to identify pitches for hitters in real time during their at-bats, through the use of a TV monitor.

The revelations resulted in the firing of manager A.J. Hinch and the suspension of bench coach Alex Cora. After the Boston Red Sox won the World Series, he resigned, but was re-hired by Boston before the 2021 season.

Hinch is the manager of the Detroit Tigers.

After his role within the Houston sign-stealing system was revealed, Carlos Beltran resigned as manager of the New York Mets before he was scheduled to begin his first spring training in that role.

According to an interview with the YES Network, the Astros believed that other teams were also guilty of stealing signs, and that Houston wanted to effectively offset those efforts.

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